The Seminarz

Using Twitter time better

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:10:27 +0000

Here are some great tips for using your Twitter time more constructively

How often do you update your website? You need to do it more

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:47:50 +0000

Google has announced that it is going to give more importance to recently updated websites.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/220662

Unless you at in some timeless market, you had better take notice of this. Quality of content is no longer enough. It needs to be fresh information too.

If you have paid someone to put you up a website and have just left it since, you may want to rethink your strategy.

Some common sense from Harvard

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:16:52 +0000

I like Harvard materials but they do tend to the abstract and the verbose. Which makes the following article even better as it is short, sharp and extremely practical.

http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2011/11/four-destructive-myths-most-co.html

The myth of the benefits of multi-tasking is very prevalent. But it should be obvious to anybody who has done it that the constant switching of tasks is very inefficient. You lose your train of thought, you need to get back up to speed and you need to spend time organising yourself.

In many cases, it is better just to get your head down and get on with a task until it is finished.

Many of us fear finishing tasks because that is when we get judged. So we have many projects at a nearly-finished stage. It takes just a moment’s thought to see that that is wrong.

Five ways to stop yourself from succeeding

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:46:27 +0000

So often we are our own worst enemy. We want to do something but our mind starts raising doubts. Learn to recognise the negativity in your mind and overcome it. A good place to start is by reading this article. … Continue reading →

Networking -some great ideas

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:20:55 +0000

I am pretty useless at networking. Are you? I am an ideas guy, happy alone in my garret thinking up new things. But we all need to have a network of friends to bring these ideas to reality.

Here are some great tips on ways to do that. They are written by a real mover and shaker. His world is not mine and probably not yours either. But the ideas are good and generally applicable. I hang my head in shame when I think of the number of occasions when I haven’t followed up on a networking invitation.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/23/9-skills-super-connector/

Twenty free tools to improve your business

admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:31:21 +0000

I came across this very useful article about ways to improve your business for free.

http://under30ceo.com/20-free-tools-for-entrepreneurs-to-improve-their-business/

Some of them are really useful but not as well known as the Paypals of this world. For example, Freshbooks is a GREAT way to do your invoicing, whatever country you are based in.

Can you suggest any other tools that should be in this list?

Please comment below.

The London Lunch – a great place to learn

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:37:46 +0000

You can see me a couple of times in this video

Even when I lived in France, I used to fly across to come to these lunches. and I am somebody that makes a full-time living from Internet Marketing. Anybody at any level will learn something from attending Martin Avis’s London Lunches. Click here for more info.

Motivation – Martin Avis

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:04:44 +0000

You need to have some trigger in your life to make you want to succeed. It is up to us to find out what our trigger is.